NDMP backup with DataDomain as source

Datadomain DD7200, DDOS 5.4.4.3

Hello,

I want to attempt something, but not sure if it can be done. There became a situation where I needed to set up a CIF share on my datadomain, where one of our application teams is dropping data. Its probably 3tb of data, and I would like to use NDMP to back up that CIF share from the DataDomain. Is this something that can be done?  DataDomain is technically a storage device, but Im not sure if it would support an NDMP backup from it. Yes, it sounds silly, but I would in fact be backing up data FROM and TO the same Datadomain.

Thanks,

Todd